SUNDAY MORNING

Molly is in a new room as of 6pm last night. Her new room is still in the Trauma Burn Center but no longer in the ICU. She will still have the same doctors and nurses, just wont be "bugged" as much. In fact the only reason she is to remain in the TBC is that the surgeon(s) only want the wound team in the TBC to treat Molly's legs, thus she will remain in TBC. Her new room is a private room with a pretty good view and should be a lot quieter and easier for her to rest. I ran into her trauma surgeon as he was leaving the other day and he stopped me to tell me that he was very pleased with Molly's progress and that he told the staff in the unit "let her rest" this coming week. So, outside of her dialysis she should have a lot of rest next week. Speaking of dialysis, she had dialysis yesterday. It went well, she actually went to the dialysis unit and 4 hours later she ws done, with no dizziness or lightheadedness. She was very tired afterwards as usual but did not have all the nasty side effects. Now the really good news, later in the evening after dialysis she had her "daily" catherization and had over 4oo cc's. This is about 1/2 the volume a healthy person produces. This is further evidence that her kidneys are waking up, so hopefully she will only need dialysis for a few more weeks. The biggest things we need to concentrate this coming week will be continued therapy on her hands and upper body and continued wound care, getting her out of bed and outside regularly, and eating more. All of this will go a long way in helping her when she gets skin grafts on her stumps and when she enters rehab. Her voice was a little stronger today, still a ways to go, but getting better. Troy stopped by to see her today and told her he was happy about the her voice and that it must have been frustrating for her not able to talk for the past several weeks. Molly said "YES", then i said, now that she has her voice back it is only going to be frustrating for me. She just rolled her eyes, again! Last night her nurse who had Molly a couple of weeks ago when she first got to TBC said how great she is doing and how great she looks. She also said that they are all amazed at how quickly Molly is progressing, and that it would normally have taken someone months to get to the point that Molly is at now. SPECIFIC THINGS TO PRAY FOR

• Kidneys to continue to "wake up" so we can discontinue dialysis all together
• Finger, hand and arm to strengthen and return of the "fine motor" skills
• Continue to eat more to compensate for the calories she gets with the tube feeding so she can get the tube removed.
• Voice to continue to get stronger.

God Bless you all!

Love,

Jamey & Molly